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< P > A g r e a t n a m e i s l i k e e x t r a o c t a n e i n a b r a n d . A b a d , b o r i n g o r s o u n d - a l i k e n a m e w o n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y k i l l a b r a n d s c h a n c e s f o r s u c c e s s . I n m o s t c a s e s h o w e v e r , i t d r a m a t i c a l l y d i l u t e s t h e b r a n d e q u i t y a n d p o t e n c y . < / P > < P > D o Y o u H a v e A N a m e T h a t B a s i c a l l y S u c k s ? < / P > < P > I f s o , s h a m e o n y o u . I f y o u a c q u i r e d i t , I s e n d m y s y m p a t h y . < / P > < P > S h o u l d y o u c h a n g e i t ? Y e s . I t w i l l c o s t s o m e b u c k s , b u t i t ' s a l s o a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o g e t a l o t o f g r e a t a t t e n t i o n a n d r e n e w e d m o m e n t u m . W e i g h i t o u t , l o o k a t t h e c o s t v e r s u s t h e b e n e f i t a n d r e m e m b e r t h a t c h a n g e c a n b e s c a r y , b u t a l a m e b r a n d c a n b e s c a r i e r ! < / P > < P > B i r t h i n g A B r a n d N a m e < / P > < P > T h e t a s k o f d e v e l o p i n g t h a t k i l l e r n a m e h a s b e c o m e q u i t e c o m p l e x . F o r y e a r s , b u s i n e s s o w n e r s a n d m a n a g e m e n t n a m e d t h e i r o f f s p r i n g , t h e n c r e a t i v e s e r v i c e f i r m s a n d a d a g e n c i e s j u m p e d i n , o f t e n w i t h a s p r i n k l i n g o f c o l l e g e t a l e n t , f i n a l l y , t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c a d d e d t h e i r w i s d o m i n n a m i n g c o n t e s t s . I ' m s u r e a l l h a v e p r o d u c e d t h e i r s h a r e o f b r i l l i a n t n a m e s a s w e l l a s s o m e v e r y s c a r y o n e s . N o w t h i s f i e l d o f a r t , s c i e n c e , s k i l l , a n d l u c k h a s g o n e p r o f e s s i o n a l . N a m i n g b r a n d s i s b i g b u s i n e s s a n d c a n c o m e w i t h a b i g p r i c e t a g . H i r e a p r o f e s s i o n a l n a m i n g c o m p a n y a n d e x p e c t a b i l l o f $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 - $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 o r m o r e b e f o r e t h e g r a p h i c e x e c u t i o n o r p r o d u c t i o n . < / P > < P > S o W h a t I s A G r e a t N a m e W o r t h ? < / P > < P > T h e a n s w e r : a l o t . I f y o u r b r a n d i s p r o p e r l y n o u r i s h e d , i t g r o w s a n d h a s a l o n g s h e l f l i f e o r h i s t o r y - d o t h e m a t h . < / P > < P > N o t A l l G r e a t B r a n d N a m e s C o s t A L o t < / P > < P > N i k e ( t m ) i s o n e o f t h e b e s t e x a m p l e s . N i k e i s G r e e k f o r v i c t o r y a n d i s a l s o t h e G r e e k g o d d e s s o f v i c t o r y . T h e n a m e c a m e i n a d r e a m t o J e f f J o h n s o n , N i k e ' s f i r s t " r e a l " e m p l o y e e , a n d r e p l a c e d t h e o r i g i n a l n a m e o f B l u e R i b b o n S p o r t s . I t b e a t o u t P h i l K n i g h t ' s o w n n a m e c h a n g e i d e a o f " D i m e n s i o n 6 . " H o w e v e r , t h e c o m p a n y d i d p a y C a r o l y n D a v i d s o n , a g r a p h i c d e s i g n s t u d e n t a t P o r t l a n d S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , $ 3 5 i n 1 9 7 1 t o d e s i g n t h e t r a d e m a r k " s w o o s h . " < / P > < P > W h e n f a c e d w i t h t h e c h a l l e n g e o f n a m i n g , s t a r t w i t h y o u r i d e a s a n d t h o s e o f y o u r s t a f f . N o m a t t e r w h a t , e v e n i f t h e n a m e s y o u c o m e u p w i t h s t i n k , i t ' s a g o o d c r e a t i v e e x e r c i s e a b o u t d e f i n i n g y o u r b r a n d e s s e n c e . I f y o u h a v e t h e b u d g e t , o u t s i d e i n p u t a n d o t h e r n a m i n g s o l u t i o n s c a n a l s o b e a v a l i d i n v e s t m e n t . R e m e m b e r t h a t t h e l i f e a n d b e n e f i t o f y o u r b r a n d n a m e m a y l a s t f o r y e a r s . < / P > < P > I t w i l l b e p l a s t e r e d o n l o t s o f t h i n g s i n c l u d i n g y o u r m a r k e t ' s m i n d . W h a t e v e r y o u s p e n d , d i v i d e i t b y t h e p r o j e c t e d y e a r s o f u s e a n d v a l u e . T h i s s a m e f o r m u l a a p p l i e s f o r i n v e s t m e n t s i n c o r p o r a t e i d e n t i t i e s a n d t a g l i n e . T h e y a r e a s v a l u a b l e a s a g r e a t e m p l o y e e o r , p i e c e o f m a n u f a c t u r i n g e q u i p m e n t . < / P > < P > W h e t h e r y o u d e c i d e t o o u t s o u r c e o r t o c r e a t e o n y o u r o w n n a m e , I s u g g e s t w a l k i n g t h r o u g h t h e f o l l o w i n g p r e l i m i n a r y e x e r c i s e . < / P > < P > A s k Y o u r s e l f T h e F o l l o w i n g : < / P > < P > W h o w i l l u l t i m a t e l y d e c i d e t h e n a m e ? O n e p e r s o n o r a t e a m ? W h o e v e r t h a t i s s h o u l d b e i n v o l v e d i n t h e c r i t e r i a - b u i l d i n g p r o c e s s . W h a t k i n d o f b r a n d a r e y o u n a m i n g ? C o m p a n y , c o n s u m e r p r o d u c t , b u s i n e s s s e r v i c e , o r e v e n t ? W h a t i s t h e e x p e c t e d l i f e o f t h e b r a n d n a m e ? D o e s t h e n a m e f i t i n t o a l a r g e r f a m i l y o f n a m e s ? W i l l i t b e u s e d o n l y i n t h e U . S . o r w i l l i t g o g l o b a l ? R e m e m b e r t h a t t o d a y " g l o b a l " c a n m e a n t h e I n t e r n e t t o o . W h o i s y o u r p r i m a r y a u d i e n c e f o r t h e b r a n d n a m e s ? A r e y o u c r e a t i n g a n e w c a t e g o r y o r j o i n i n g a n e x i s t i n g o n e ? I f j o i n i n g a c a t e g o r y , w h a t a r e y o u r c o m p e t i t o r s ' n a m e s ? W h a t a r e t h e p r i m a r y s t r a t e g i e s f o r b u i l d i n g y o u r b r a n d ? < / P > < P > O n c e y o u ' v e c o m p l e t e d y o u r b a s i c c r i t e r i a o r f r a m e w o r k , y o u c a n p r o c e e d w i t h t h e g r u e l i n g t a s k o f a n a m e d u m p o f e n d l e s s p o s s i b i l i t i e s . < / P > < P > S h o u l d A N a m e B e L i t e r a l A n d D e s c r i p t i v e O r O b s c u r e A n d E m o t i o n a l ? < / P > < P > M y t e n d e n c y t i l t s t o w a r d o b s c u r e a n d c e r t a i n l y e m o t i o n a l , p r i m a r i l y b e c a u s e I ' m a s t r o n g p r o p o n e n t o f d i s t i n c t i v e b r a n d s . H o w e v e r , I a l s o b e l i e v e e a c h c a s e i s u n i q u e a n d s o m e t i m e s b r a n d n a m e s g e t p a s s e d d o w n a n d c h a n g i n g t h e m w o u l d t a k e a n a c t o f C o n g r e s s . < / P > < P > A n O b s c u r e O r U n f a m i l i a r W o r d C a n B e A B r a n d H o m e R u n < / P > < P > C o n s i d e r A p p l e ( t m ) , N i k e ( t m ) , G o o g l e ( t m ) , F U B U ( t m ) , a n d Y a h o o ( t m ) . T h e y a l l h a v e v i s i b i l i t y / f r e q u e n c y , b r a n d - s t o r y t e l l i n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n , a n d b r a n d p e r f o r m a n c e . T h e y a r e a l l h u g e l y s u c c e s s f u l b r a n d s b u t , s t a r t e d a s s m a l l c o m p a n i e s . < / P > < P > A l t h o u g h n o t m y f a v o r i t e , l i t e r a l a n d d e s c r i p t i v e w o r d s c a n w o r k i n s o m e b r a n d n a m i n g s i t u a t i o n s . G e n e r a l l y , t h o u g h p r o c e e d w i t h c a u t i o n b e c a u s e t h e y c a n b e m o r e e a s i l y c o p i e d o r i m i t a t e d , l e a d i n g t o b u y e r c o n f u s i o n . S u c h c o n f u s i o n u s u a l l y d e f e a t s t h e p u r p o s e o f a s o u n d b r a n d . < / P > < P > I f y o u h a v e a b i g b r a n d i n g b u d g e t , y o u c a n s a l v a g e o r s u s t a i n a b o r i n g , g e n e r i c , o r l i t e r a l b r a n d n a m e w i t h s o m e o t h e r c o m p e l l i n g m e s s a g i n g . T a k e , f o r e x a m p l e , S o u t h w e s t A i r l i n e s . T h e i r c o n s i s t e n t l y c r e a t i v e a n d " o n b r a n d " a d v e r t i s i n g h a s t r a n s f o r m e d a s o m e w h a t n o n e x c i t i n g n a m e i n t o a g r e a t b r a n d n a m e . H o w e v e r , m o s t c o m p a n i e s d o n ' t h a v e t h e l u x u r y o f S o u t h w e s t ' s m e d i a b u d g e t o r h a v e n o t e n g a g e d a g r e a t a d a g e n c y l i k e G S D M i n A u s t i n , T e x a s . < / P > < P > W i t h t h a t s a i d , u n l e s s y o u h a v e a b i g , e n d l e s s b u d g e t , I s a y . . . A v o i d l i k e t h e p l a g u e : < / P > < P > D u m b G e n e r i c N a m e s < / P > < P > D u m b g e n e r i c n a m e s l i k e C o m p u t e r S o l u t i o n s , P e r f o r m a n c e P r i n t i n g o r I n n o v a t i v e T e c h n o l o g i e s . I ' m s o r r y i f I ' v e o f f e n d e d a n y o n e , b u t t h e s e n a m e s w i l l j u s t m a k e y o u s p e n d m o r e a n d w o r k h a r d e r a t b u i l d i n g a b r a n d . T h e y d o n ' t h a v e l e g s a n d w i l l l i k e l y d r o w n i n t h e s e a o f s a m e n e s s . A v o i d i n g g e n e r i c s n a m e s i s a l s o c r i t i c a l i n c o n s u m e r - p a c k a g e d p r o d u c t s , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n p r i v a t e l a b e l c o p y c a t s b y m a s s r e t a i l e r s a r e s h o w i n g u p . M a n y t i m e s t h e n a m e c a n b e t h e s t r o n g p o i n t o f d i f f e r e n c e . < / P > < P > C o p y c a t N a m e s < / P > < P > I a l s o t h i n k c o p y c a t n a m e s o r t h o s e t h a t s o u n d l i k e a c o m p e t i t o r o r s o m e o t h e r b i g b r a n d a r e n o t w o r t h y o f m u c h . < / P > < P > N a m e s T h a t A r e H a r d T o S p e l l O r P r o n o u n c e < / P > < P > F i n a l l y a n a m e s h o u l d b e s o m e t h i n g m o s t p e o p l e c a n s p e l l a n d c e r t a i n l y p r o n o u n c e . < / P > < P > W h a t e v e r r o u t e y o u t a k e , b e i t w o r k i n g w i t h a n a m i n g c o m p a n y , a c r e a t i v e c o n s u l t a n t , r a l l y i n g y o u r t r o o p s a n d m a k i n g i t a n i n t e r n a l c o m p a n y p r o j e c t , e n l i s t i n g s t r a n g e r s i n a n a m i n g c o n t e s t , o r c o m b i n i n g s e v e r a l o f t h e s e m e t h o d s , y o u h a v e c r e a t e d a n e x t e n s i v e l i s t o f p o s s i b l e c o n t e n d e r s . N o w w h a t ? < / P > < P > M o r e B i g N a m i n g Q u e s t i o n s < / P > < P > H o w w i l l t h e m a r k e t r e c e i v e t h e n a m e ? W i t h s u p p o r t i n g c o n t e x t , w i l l t h e m a r k e t g e t i t ? < / P > < P > W i l l i t j i v e w i t h y o u r s t r a t e g i c p o s i t i o n i n g o f t h e b r a n d ? A r e t h e r e n e g a t i v e c o n n o t a t i o n s o r a s s o c i a t i o n s w i t h t h e n a m e ? I s i t a v a i l a b l e t o u s e ? O n t h e e a r t h ? O n t h e W e b ? < / P > < P > O n c e y o u ' v e b o i l e d d o w n t h e l i s t o f p r o s p e c t s , y o u c a n o r g a n i z e n o n s c i e n t i f i c o p i n i o n p o l l s ( i . e . , i n s h o p p i n g m a l l s , b a r s , o f f i c e g a t h e r i n g s ) . Y o u c a n a l s o c o n d u c t f o c u s g r o u p s t o t e s t r e a c t i o n s f u r t h e r o r y o u c a n d o a p r i c e y q u a n t i f i a b l e s t u d y t o g a u g e u n d e r s t a n d i n g a c c e p t a n c e , l i k a b i l i t y , o r a s s o c i a t i o n s w i t h y o u r n a m e p r o s p e c t . < / P > < P > I s t h e r e a m a g i c , f o o l - p r o o f m e t h o d f o r t e s t i n g n a m e s ? N o . I n f a c t , s o m e t i m e s t o o m u c h a n a l y s i s j u s t d e l a y s d e c i s i o n s a n d d e f e a t s t h e w h o l e m i s s i o n o f n a m i n g y o u r b r a n d b e f o r e t h e n e x t d e c a d e . I r e c o m m e n d t h a t y o u t e s t a l i t t l e , l i s t e n a l i t t l e t o p e o p l e y o u r e s p e c t , l i s t e n t o y o u r g u t f e e l i n g s , a n d p r o c e e d w i t h a c h o i c e . < / P > < P > G r e a t B r a n d N a m e s < / P > < P > 1 ) A r e e m o t i o n a l < / P > < P > 2 ) S t i c k i n t h e b r a i n < / P > < P > 3 ) H a v e p e r s o n a l i t i e s < / P > < P > 4 ) H a v e d e p t h < / P > < P > W h i l e T h e B r a n d N a m e I s V e r y I m p o r t a n t , A B r a n d C a n n o t S u r v i v e O n N a m e A l o n e < / P > < P > T h e b r a n d n a m e a n d h o w t h e b r a n d i s e x e c u t e d a r e e q u a l l y v i t a l f o r a s u c c e s s f u l a n d s u s t a i n e d b r a n d l i f e . A g r e a t b r a n d n a m e c a n s e r v e a s t h e a n c h o r t o y o u r c a u s e , a s y m b o l t o y o u r s t o r y , a p o i n t o f d i f f e r e n c e i n y o u r m a r k e t p l a c e , a m e m o r y t r i g g e r , o r j u s t o n e i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f y o u r b r a n d i n g a r s e n a l . G o g e t y o u a g r e a t o n e ! < / P >
Author: Karen Post
 
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